Hold the Guacamole: Florida Making Important Steps in Combating Harmful Algal Blooms

October 25, 2019 / by Katie Hogge / blue-green algae, Climate, Conservation, cyanobacteria, Florida, Fresh Water, HABs, harmful algal blooms, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Life, Oceans, Policy, Science & Conservation, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy Over the past few years, Floridians have become unpleasantly familiar with repeated noxious harmful blue-green algal blooms that have plagued rivers and estuaries, killing fish and shellfish, fouling boats and undermining the tourism economy. We’ve become so familiar, that we’ve nicknamed the thick, fluffy green plumes of blooming cyanobacteria something a little […]